I am spending now about 10 days here in Girona. We are here for road cycling but also for a creative photo project of my partner. So we are meeting all kind of different people…young, local, international, black, trained, untrained, and so on.First thing to experience: We have not met…
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Girona – a place to visit (even without biking)
Spending a couple of days at a new place is always refreshing and exciting. Girona is Southeast from Barcelona, about 80km away from the airport. You have 30 km to the Costa Brava to enjoy the beach. But in the city, there are many things to explore.It’s a super famous…
Cycling today 🤟🏽💪👍
Today was an amazing biking day. Beautiful weather, just around 20+ degrees, a climb that was really long, but with reasonable grade and steady growing, wind that somehow was in my favor (the last 25km it blow me basically home) and with nutrition that was just about right for the…
Cappuccino @Jan Frodeno‘s La Comuna
Yes, Girona has a couple of cycle cafes and a bunch of cycle shops. But as a German endurance fan you have to make a stop at Jan Frodeno’s “La Comuna”. A restaurant/bar that he opened a couple of years ago in Girona.For those who have no idea about Jan…
BEST cycling area EVER!
Wednesday we arrived in Girona. We liked the city during our last visit and we decided to use it as a hub for my last two weeks of training and to explore some creative photography work (done by my partner and not by me ,obviously).Thursday, Friday, Saturday, I did 3…
5 days and counting
The next trip is finally close. It is a 4-week travel with our T6, which is called Van Halen. We go down to Provence in South France just for a stop-over and then head to Girona in Spain. A small and beautiful town about 80km from Barcelona. A cyclist paradise.…
Exploring a new place
In a couple of days I will travel to Girona, finishing my training for the race I do in Mallorca end of April. I never had been in Girona. Lots of times in Spain, many times in Barcelona, which is just around the corner, but never in Girona. Exploring new…
Girona & Mallorca – I am coming to ride you!
A quick heads up: Heading in two weeks from now to Girona to have some epic cycle tours at the Costa Brava and the Pyrenees. And after two weeks of training a small jump to Mallorca to face Mallorca 312.Trying to master 312km and 5.000 altitude in one day (will…